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Social sciences & history librarian, Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
Joined August 2009
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Practice and pedagogy of oral history meets veterans studies in an NEH summer 2023 institute for middle/high school teachers at Virginia Tech:liberalarts.vt.edu/research-…
Nice summary of last week's Fifth Veterans in Society conference, hosted by Arizona State University; the first VIS gathering under the auspices of the Veterans Studies Association. #vis2022Phx #VeteransStudies news.asu.edu/20221021-soluti…
Registration now open for the fifth Veterans in Society Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 20-21 Oct 2022. #ViS2022Phx No charge to attend. specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/n…. Proposal submission deadline: 15 July.
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Proposals for the 2022 Veterans in Society research conference, "Resilience, Pedagogy, and Veterans Studies," are due July 15. #ViS2022Phx will meet in Phoenix, AZ, Oct 20-21, hosted by ASU. No registration fee. Some travel subsidies available. Details: bit.ly/ViS2022-PHX .
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Veterans Studies Association released the call for proposals for the 2022 Veterans in Society Conference: RESILIENCE, PEDAGOGY, AND VETERANS STUDIES. Proposals are due by July 15. Conference runs Oct 20-21, at Arizona State's downtown Phoenix campus. veteranology.org/conference-…
More clarity is getting added to the schedule of the 5th Veterans In Society Conference every day. Keep an eye on the website for the latest info - veteranology.org/schedule You can also register there! See you in St. Louis in March #VIS20 @veteransstudies
Preliminary program posted for 5th Veterans in Society Conference (St Louis, March 22-24, 2020). Lots to engage with: research papers, films, public humanities. veteranology.org/schedule #ViS2020
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Deadline for submitting proposals to the 5th Veterans in Society Conference, "Veteran Identity, Advocacy, & Representation," is only a month away. The CFP for #VIS2020 is posted in various places, but if you also want info on other VIS work, see veteransinsociety.org/vis-20…
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Window has opened to propose papers for 5th Veterans in Society Conference, "Veteran Identity, Advocacy, and Representation.” See the CFP at <veteranology.org/conference-…>. Proposals will be accepted through 4 Nov and peer reviewed. #VIS2020 will be in St Louis, 22-24 March 2020.
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#VIS2020, like the previous VIS conferences, encourages interdisciplinary, international scholarship (including creative arts along with social sciences and humanities) about veteran-societal interactions of any era, any country. Proposals due 4 Nov 2019.
At long last the call is out. The 5th Veterans in Society Conference will be held @umsl in March 2020. This conference is interdisciplinary by design. If you are working on these issues, you are welcome under the Veterans Studies tent. scribd.com/document/40347360…
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Note top line of 3-deck head for AP story on Grossman election win in NJ. Death of copy editing or invidious commentary on Jersey and/or Jews hiding in plain sight? Roanoke Times (Va). 17 June 2018, p3.
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Online registration is officially closed for 4th Veterans in Society Conference, 3/26-28, Roanoke, VA. But walk-in registration will be available. Some events free to public. Veterans get 50% registration discount, Free to current students. #ViS2018 vtnews.vt.edu/notices/vetera…
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Main speakers at Veterans in Society conference March 26-28 will address women's moral injury, veterans activism in Canada, WWI nurses, vets and arts. Plus international research panels. Rooms in conf hotel going fast. Virginia Tech hosts bit.ly/2B4pUNe . #ViS2018
'Veterans in Society' 2018 adds session to talk on rsch works in progress; extends proposal deadline to Jan 13. Registration system is open. Watch for details of speakers on moral injury legacies among women and on veterans politics in Canada. bit.ly/2B4pUNe #ViS2018
Just under a month left: propose paper/poster/panel to 4th Veterans in Society Conference on 'Vets & their societies in international perspective." Conf will be in Roanoke, Va,, March 26-28: bit.ly/2B4pUNe . #ViS2018
If you manage collections/archives/exhibits, virtual or physical, pertaining to veterans - any era, loyalty, or mode of service - bring your promotional materials to the #ViS2018 conference in Roanoke in March. We'll set up a distribution table.
What are important but _non-obvious_ DC locales for scholars of veterans in society to visit? #ViSNEH2016
More applications coming in for summer veterans studies institute. Deadline extended to Mar 8. veteransinsociety.org #ViSNEH2016
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Mixed meanings/msgs of confederate flag: pbs.org/veterans/stories-of-… at ~50:33 #vis15